October 8, 2014 For Immediate Release A Big Controversy is Brewing Secretary Vilsack has announced that he will take summary action to reform the Beef Checkoff. NCBA has dubbed the initiative “train wrecking the Checkoff”. Not surprising since the change may threaten their gravy train. The Checkoff represents more than 80% of their total revenue….

HSUS Organizes "Ag Council" in Oklahoma Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:51:11 CDT Oklahoma becomes the eighth state in the nation to have an agricultural council established by the animal rights group The Humane Society of the United States. Four individuals have been named to the HSUS Agriculture Council for Oklahoma, including Harlan Hentges, Paul Muegge,…

California Cracks Down On Farmers Market Cheaters by Dan Charles October 02, 201410:30 AM ET A customer shops for produce at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market in San Francisco in March. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Could that beloved farmer at your farmers market possibly be lying to you, passing off supermarket produce as locally grown? California’s…

R-CALF USA Commends 32 Senators for Defending COOL Billings, Mont. – In early September Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.) reached out to Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) to draft a bipartisan letter to demonstrate the U.S. Senate’s resolve to defend the nation’s 2002 country of origin labeling (COOL) law. Today, with the signatures of 32 Senators, their…

Ag Policy Blog Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor Sunday 10/05/14 Beef Promotion Leads to Beef Politics On Friday afternoon a group of reporters heard another complaint the Obama administration’s Big Government agenda is going after the cattle industry by trainwrecking the beef checkoff. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has floated the idea of creating a separate…

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Judge dismisses case against California hen housing law By Rita Jane Gabbett on 10/3/2014 United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Judge Kimberly Mueller has dismissed a case by six farm states against California law that takes effect January 2015 prohibiting the sale of eggs from hens not housed according to new…